Once You Was

They cried out! that he was a rapist They cried out! the other was a thief, After they both were then murdered Those judges screamed their pleasure and relief. They cried out! that the one man was this And they cried out! that the other man was that, They screamed remember what they was Before, their fatal death from that attack. I was once myself a liar And I was once myself a thief, I was once myself a very bad person And I once brought both misery and grief. I listened to those who watched and judged Who accused those two murdered for what they was, And how happy they were when they were murdered That's what evil people think and does. Three men once long ago were all judged Because what they was, they all deserved to die, A thief and two criminals they all was But, once was, then later two were in paradise. Randy L. McClave